BAE Systems

Our Approach

• Over a 6 week period we engaged with the CPO and their direct reports through a series of 1:1 interviews and workshops. The approach used was Q5’s Metro Map starting with an as-is assessment of HR at BAE Systems. Operating principles were then agreed in a workshop which would act as guidelines for the design of the operating model and high-level design.
  
• In order to build out a picture of where work should get done in the new world, we completed an activity analysis exercise with the HRLT. We used a BAE HR value chain that we had created in collaboration with the HRLT as the basis of this and decided where activities were executed; by the Leadership team, the Centre of Expertise, the HRBP, the Business or shared services. The activity analysis output was used to help draft the target operating model and high-level structure options.   
• The existing BAE behaviours were used as the basis for future ways of working. The leadership team discussed and agreed how these would be brought to life in their day to day.
  
• Finally, any existing initiatives or initiatives in the pipeline were prioritised and we created a plan of what the next 6 months would look like.